Summer School on agroecology and animal production 2-5 july 2018

Summer School on agroecology and animal production 2-5 july 2018

As part of its policy of developing international “research and training” partnerships, Agreenium and the Animal Sciences Group of the Wageningen University and Research (WUR) initiated collaborations in 2013.
In 2018, Agreenium and WUR organize the second edition of the Summer School on agroecology and animal production in VetAgro Sup Campus (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

This year, 13 students, PhD, professionals from 7 countries and 3 continents followed this year the second session of Agroecology and Animal production 's summer school organized by Heleen Van Kernebeek, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Sylvie Vareille, Agreenium and Fabienne Blanc, VetAgro Sup with the support of Cap 2025 i-site Clermont.

explanations, questions and discussions around the emergent properties' concept

14h30-17h30

Agroecological principles for animal production
(grassland systems) by Magali Jouven (Montpellier Sup Agro) UMR SELMET: "the futur of agriculture with or with out livestock is a real question especially int Northern countries".

the whole afternoon'works ended with a moment of leisure, one of the matchs of the foot World Cup 2018: Brazil-Mexique

18h-19h30

Agroecological and circular food systems in the context of a growing food demand (Open debate)

Heleen Van Kernebeek explained the game and its rules: an open conference, with the participants followed by short presentations about circular economy made by Martin Scholten (WUR) and agroecology by Jean-Louis Peyraud (Inra). The aim was to discuss and argue like in the Chamber of Common, around questions... in the room, one side is for and the other side, against... everyone tries to convince each other... great success among the participants and a very good appreciation from real teachers!